Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9378
Reference (s):
- BID:71695
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695
- BUGTRAQ:20141216 “Ettercap 8.0 – 8.1” multiple vulnerabilities
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604